A female role actor with a scene of modern dress Genji behind. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.
Date:
1852
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36657i
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A female role actor with a scene of modern dress Genji behind. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Genji parodies were very popular in the 1850s, many sets use the modern dress Genji as a theme (there are thirteen in this album)

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1852.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

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Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, block cutter's mark, censor's seal and set title

Notes

Edo Murasaki, fifty-four leaves, this is number twenty-five 'Firefly'

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36657i

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The actor is drawn by Kunisada, the background by his pupil Kunitsuna

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